Steven Spielberg has had varying degrees of success when attempting to invite new audiences to his movies. Many of his classics have hit the 20th anniversary mark since their original celebrated release and still hold up.
When he tinkered with the much-love E.T. presenting new footage and editing which infamously turned guns into walkie-talkies, the film failed to capture the imagination of a new generation. Even those who grew up watching it and loved it found the new version difficult to warm to. Editing it seems, is everything. Take a classic and change a few things, and if you don't do it with masterful strokes (as George Lucas has succeeded in doing at certain points) then you risk robbing an audience of their childhood favourite films. Having learned from the E.T experience, Jurassic Park is not being re-cut for the big screen but having a 3D overhaul similar to the way James Cameron's Titanic had earlier this year.
Jurassic Park has many signature Spielberg shots, is high on thrills, dinosaur action, threatening scenes and puts people in peril in ways that push all the right buttons. Watching it in HD reminds the viewer how good this film could look and couple that with genuine moments on screen that would make crowd pleasing 3D, it's a welcome conversion that will finally give the world a dinosaur movie in 3D done right. Skepticism is rife with online buzz about how this is yet again milking a departed cash cow but see the trailer on the big screen in 3D and you'll be reminded exact why it could be time to return to Jurassic Park.
Jurassic Park returns to the big screen in 3D on April 5, 2013.
